Homily on the Fear of God and St. Peter – From the Prologue

“Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear” (1 Peter 1:17). These words of the holy Apostle Peter have a double basis: heavenly inspiration and personal experience. Through heavenly inspiration, the simple fisherman became a teacher of the people,…

If Anyone Should Pray – 2 Apostolic Canons

If anyone shall pray, even in a private house, with an excommunicated person, let him also be excommunicated. 10th Canon of the holy apostles If any clergyman shall join in prayer with a deposed clergyman as if he were still…

Nun-Martyr St. Febronia – Commemorated on June 25

 The Virgin-Martyr Febronia suffered during the reign of Diocletian (284-305). She was raised at a monastery in the city of Sivapolis (Assyria region). The head of the women’s monastery was the Abbess Brienna, the aunt of Saint Febronia, and being…